Poets Laureate of Missouri
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This is a list of Poets Laureate
of Missouri
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Poet Laureate
A poet laureate is a poet officially appointed by a government and is often expected to compose poems for state occasions and other government events...
of Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
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| Poet Laureate | Term Began | Term Ended | Notes |
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| Walter Bargen Walter Bargen Walter Bargen is an American poet, the first Poet Laureate of Missouri, a position which he held from February 13, 2008 to January 2010.-Biography:... |
2008 | 2010 | First Poet Laureate |
| David Clewell David Clewell -Life:He graduated from University of Wisconsin and Washington University with an M.F.A.He teaches at Webster University.His work has appeared Harper's, Poetry, The Kenyon Review, The Missouri Review, The Georgia Review, Ontario Review, New Letters, and Yankee.He lives in St... |
2010 | 2012 | Scheduled to end in January 2012 |